Bogolin
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Bogolin
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{BUL}}
|settlement_type = Village
|subdivision_type1 = Province
(Oblast)
|subdivision_type2 = Municipality
(Obshtina)
|subdivision_name2 = Satovcha
|timezone = EET
|utc_offset = +2
|timezone_DST = EEST
|utc_offset_DST = +3
|map_caption = Location of Bogolin
|pushpin_map = Bulgaria
|pushpin_relief = 1
|pushpin_label_position =
|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Bogolin
|pushpin_mapsize =
|leader_title = Mayor
|postal_code_type = Postal Code
|subdivision_name1 = Blagoevgrad
|native_name = Боголин
|population_total = 451
|population_footnotes = [http://www.grao.bg/tna/tadr-2010.txt ТАБЛИЦА НА НАСЕЛЕНИЕТО ПО ПОСТОЯНЕН И НАСТОЯЩ АДРЕС] GRAO. 31 December 2010. (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 24 March 2023
|population_as_of = 2010-12-15
|area_total_km2 = 5.344
|elevation_m = 947
|postal_code = 2931
|area_code = 07547
|coordinates = {{coord|41|33|N|23|58|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
|leader_name = Biser Karailiev
|leader_party = CEDB
}}
Bogolin ({{langx|bg|Боголин}}) is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.
Geography
The village of Bogolin is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains near the river Chechka Bistritsa a few kilometers away from the border with Greece. The nearest villages are Ablanitsa, Valkosel and Kribul. Bogolin belongs to the Chech region.
History
According to the legend, the village was founded by a person called Begalin Chumarya who emigrated from the village of Valkosel. Chumarya settled at the location that is now Bogolin and gave the village its name.{{cite journal
| last = Моллов
| first = Сюлейман
| year = 1968
| title = Боголин
| journal = Родопи
| volume = 11
| page = 18
| issn = 0861-1327
| language = bg
}}
In 1873 Bogolin (Bobolina) had a male population of 28 Pomaks and 12 houses.{{cite book
| title = Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.
| orig-year = 1878
| edition = II
| year = 1995
| publisher = Македонски научен институт
| location = София
| language = bg, fr, en, ru
| pages = 130–131
}} According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900, Bogolin (Боболинъ) was populated by 65 Bulgarian Muslims.{{cite book
| last = Кънчов
| first = Васил
| title = Македония. Етнография и статистика
| orig-year = 1900
| url = http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/index.html
| edition = II
| year = 1996
| publisher = Проф. М. Дринов
| location = София
| language = bg
| page = 196
| chapter = Неврокопска Каза
| chapter-url = http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/vk_2_21.htm
}} According to another statistic by Kanchov, at about the same time there were 13 houses in the village.{{cite book
| last = Кънчов
| first = Васил
| title = Пътуване по долините на Струма, Места и Брегалница. Битолско, Преспа и Охридско
| orig-year = 1894-1896
| year = 1970
| publisher = Наука и изкуство
| location = София
| language = bg
| url = http://www.promacedonia.org/vk_1/index.html
| chapter = Неврокопската каза
| chapter-url = http://www.promacedonia.org/vk_1/vk1_a_19.html
| page = 274
}} According to Stephan Verkovic, at the end of the 19th century the village had a male population of 40 Pomaks and 12 houses.{{cite book
| last = Райчевски
| first = Стоян
| title = Българите мохамедани
| orig-year = 1998
| edition = II
| year = 2004
| publisher = Национален музей на българската книга и полиграфия
| location = София
| language = bg
| isbn = 954-9308-51-0
| page = 111
}}
Religion
Notable people
- Emil Biserov Yurukov - former member of parliament
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Satovcha Municipality}}
Category:Villages in Blagoevgrad Province
{{Blagoevgrad-geo-stub}}